Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-01
WASHINGTON.

MAYOR HEwIr and committee of the
board of aldermen appointed for that
purpose sent an invitation TO Mrs. Presi-
Dent Cleveland to attend the New York
fremen's parade and inspection next
month, and present a stand of colors on
that occasion TO the fire department.
The following National banks have
been authorized TO begin business
Abilene National Bank, Abilene, Kan;
capital, $4,000. Lumbermen's Nation
al Bank, Chippewa Falls, Wis; Scanda
Kan, capital $4,000; San Diego Nation
al Bank, San Diego, CAL; capital, $780,
600.
THE iAternal-reyenue bureau denounces
the reports from Chicago about the trans
fer of gaugers to an from Louisville as
entirely sensational, 1t is a habit they
say constantly practiced, by which gau-
gers errors and frauds are often correct
ed but is no more significant in this case
than in others occurring almost daily.
TnE entire force of custom house in
spectors, twonty-eight in number, are
now engaged in making the annual in
spection of the nineteen divisions in
which the customs officers of the ULited
States are classified. They find some
details needing correction, but DO serious
Irregularities of any kind thus far.
TIE eivil.seryioe commission received
from tho secretary of war request for the
certificate on of 212 eligibles all males,
from which SO selections may be made
to fiji vacancies now existing in his Office
eight in the 81 200 grade and forty-fiye
in the $1,000 grade. This is the largest
requisiton ever made upon the commits
sion, and to fill ii at least four certihca-
tons were made from each of the states
and territories. These appointments are
for low grade positions made vacant by
the promotion of clerks under the new
rules governing promotions in the depart
ments.
THE Secretary of the Interior has re-
turned to Commissioners Sparks the paper
in the case of Frank Showing versus
Thomas Neughton involving the south
west quarter of the northeast quarter
and the northwest quarter OF southeast
quarter, section IL, township 3 south
range 8 west, Helena, Montana, district,
appealed by Naughton from the decision
of the Commissioners of the Land Office.
Fraud is alleged in the entry, and the
Secretary directs tlAb tue IOuEll SFlDutf
cause an investigation to be made. The
Secretary has affirmed the decision a the
case of the appeal of p. A. Johnson from
the decision of the Commissioner of the
Land Office requesting his application
to make presumption fling for the south
west quarter of section -, township 43,
range "a, Marquette, Mich land district.
AorrNG Secretary Mpldrow, in disput-
cd preference right of entry case from
Dakota, rendered an opinion sustaining
Land Commissioner Sparks and severely
commenting upon the illegal and nefari
Gus business of traffcking in these con
tests. The parties in interest who were
contending for preference we're Henry
L. Hawkey and Benjamin Schlick, the
latter being the appellant in the case.
The acting secretary finds that Schlick
offered to sell his contest against the
entry for 1925, and had another contest
which he was offering to sell at the same
time. He closes a loxg opinion by say
ing: "On full consideration of ~
pages of testimony taken in the case the
department concurs in your opinion that
the Schlick contest is speculative, and
that the preference right of entry should
be awarded to Hawkey.'